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I used to have these tables years ago, in my old homepage, as information for people interested in the world of languages. Here they are again.

The most spoken languages in the world

Place	Speakers mother- tongue (millions)*	Official language populations (millions)*
1.	Chinese (1,000)	English (1,400)
2.	English (350)	Chinese (1.000)
3.	Spanish (250)	Hindi (700)
4.	Hindi (200)	Spanish (280)
5.	Arabic (150)	Russian (270)
6.	Bengali (150)	French (220)
7.	Russian (150)	Arabic (170)
8.	Portuguese (135)	Portuguese (160)
9.	Japanese (120)	Malay(160)
10.	German (100)	Bengali (150)
11.	French (70)	Japanese (120)
12.	Panjabi (70)	German (100)

*From Crystal, David; The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, CUP Cambridge, 1990

List of countries with English as mother- tongue:
1. Antigua	13. Jamaica
2. Barbuda	14. Canada
3. Australia	15. Montserrat
4. Bahamas	16. New Zealand
5. Barbados	17. St Christopher and Nevis
6. Belize	18. St Vincent and the Grenadines
7. Bermuda	19. South Africa
8. Dominica	20. Simbabwe
9.Grreat Britain	21. Trinidad and Tobago
10.Grenada	22. U.S.A.
11.Guyana	23. British Colonies
12. Irland

List of countries with English as official language:
1. Botswana	11. Mauritius	21. South Africa
2. Borne	12. Nigeria	22. Surinam
3. Gambia	13. Pakistan	23. Swasiland
4. Ghana	14. Philippines	24. Tansania
5. India	15. Puerto Rico	25. Uganda
6. Kenia	16. Saint Vincent
7. Lesotho	17. Sambia
8. Liberia	18. Seychelles
9. Malawi	19. Sierra Leone
10. Malta	20. Tamil

List of countries with Spanish as mother-tongue:
1.Argentinia	12. Honduras
2. Equatorial Guinea	13. Mexico
3. Bolivia	14. Nicaragua
4. Chile	15. Panama
5. Columbia	16. Paraguay
6. Costa Rica	17. Peru
7. Cuba	18. Puerto Rico
8. Dominican Republic	19. Spain
9. Ecuador	20. Uruguay
10. El Salvador	21. Venezuela
11. Guatemala

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